FG’s N35,000 Wage Award Remains Till New Minimum Wage, NLC Declares

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the N35,000 wage award agreement with the Federal Government would continue until a new minimum wage is determined.

NLC President, Joe Ajaero, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, in Abuja.

Recall that President Bola Tinubu had, on October 1, approved N35,000 as provisional wage increment for workers for six months.

This was part of an agreement reached with organised Labour to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal.

Ajaero said: “We did not sign a six-month wage agreement with the Federal Government; we signed a wage agreement that will be in existence until the new minimum wage is determined.

“We are in the process of collating the compliance of the Federal Government on the payment of the wage award, and we have even had a conversation with the leadership of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on this.

“We have asked our affiliates to collate the level of compliance with this, and we are still waiting for their correspondents. Even last week, during a courtesy call, I raised the issue with the Minister of Labour and Employment; it is not just the wage award; the entire agreement we had with them, they have not conceded to it,’’ he said.

Ajaero noted that other issues that were yet to be implemented by Federal Government include the Port Harcourt refineries, CNG buses, and wage awards, among others.

He, however, assured workers that the issues were being looked into.

He said: “I have asked the Federal Government to go through all the agreements they have entered into with us because that is where we are starting the year.

“We are not starting the year with even the minimum wage; we have to look at the compliance of the agreement already entered into with the government.”
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